Kotaku recently had to correct an article and issue an apology after going on the attack against the YouTube outlet EWNetwork and content creator Etika. It turns out that their attempt to form a witch hunt against Etika was misguided.

Kotaku in Action user B-Volleyball-Ready posted up a timeline of events and details on how Kotaku messed up. Essentially they reported on a fake trailer for the Nintendo Switch from the EWNetwork by Etika. The video is below.

The video was a troll and featured a fake Nintendo Switch that was 3D printed by the same guy who trolled people earlier this year with a fake 3D printed Nintendo NX controller, Frank Sandqvist. There’s even a video from Sandqvist linked in the description of the video above showing how the fake Nintnedo Switch was made.

Kotaku, however, published an article on November 17th, 2016 accusing Etika of having setup a funding campaign to receive money out of fear of “repercussions from Nintendo” for the video posted above. It turns out that someone else made a separate funding campaign for the fake Nintendo Switch video, not Etika.

Etika took to Twitter to lambast Kotaku on their dangerous journalism, which saw various commenters on their article attacking the YouTuber based on the misinformation.

I mean, not researching things before talking on em, I’m guilty of that in the past, but extreme negative allegations with no facts…? Wow

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